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James
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dahlia from seed?I have a few nice "species" dahlias with simple (single?) flowers. I now have lots of seeds. I'm thinking of growing more plants from these seeds. I appreciate that they may have cross polinated, but thats OK...I'm not looking for "the same plant as...", I'm looking for different flowers.
So is it worth it? and how would I do it?
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alice
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I used to sow dahlias in spring, in a heated propagator,same as HHAs. Prick out into 3" pots, frost free greenhouse, then into the open garden after the last frost. They would flower and form a massive tuber in their first season. I rarely saved the tubers, just grew them from seed every year like annuals. Good germination rate. That was in the midlands.
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Tavascarow
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Bedding dahlias are raised from seed so no reason why not.
In a heated propogator early in the spring.
From the moles seed site | Quote: | | Annual, takes 7-14 days to germinate at 20°C - cover seeds with vermiculite. Prick out after 3 weeks into 6-packs or pots, grow on at 15°C. Sowing to flowering around 12 weeks |
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mochyn
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Could be fun: you don't know what you'll get! Could be any colour, and some dahlias have lovely leaf colour too.
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